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Of Interest to the Kipper Fleet guys.
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ian16th » Fri Nov 29, 2019 1:10 pm
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Shacklton.jpg
New Painting
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I think that article was wrong. The Shackleton had a flare chute for smoke floats and could fire a very pistol but the picture shows a stick of 5...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sat Nov 30, 2019 4:34 pm
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Air Ministry Safety Height Procedures
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Pontius Navigator » Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:35 am
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Thought the following on the AM safety height procedures might be vaguely interesting.
In the 60s AMOs was a very thin order book, the heavily thing...
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Sometimes it wasn't the technology at fault(or lack of it in a Shackleton) human factors came into play.
The two navs had a BIG falling out before we...
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Last post by Rossian
Wed Nov 27, 2019 8:28 pm
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The Buccaneer
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TheGreenGoblin » Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:03 am
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Next to the Canberra (and the Hunter), the acme of British aircraft design...
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I pitched up at Honington to find Buccs in the hangar having cracks burred out; all were grounded and the aircrew were tootling around in Hunters...
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Last post by Sisemen
Mon Nov 18, 2019 2:25 am
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The story of old 666..
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TheGreenGoblin » Tue Nov 05, 2019 6:01 am
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Old 666
Mapping the hard way...
Extraordinary times, extraordinary men...
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Didn't the air gunners of the 8th Air Force claim more 'kills' than the Luftwaffe had a/c?
I have just read Firestorm Hamburg by Martin...
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Last post by om15
Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:20 pm
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Operation Ju-jitsu
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:10 am
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I was not aware of this RAF operation until only recently...
Operation Ju-jitsu
John Crampton
The only other nation to use the RB-45C was the...
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This website tells a lot of stories!
Many thanks for those links ian16th. The Spy Flight site is particularly good.
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:17 pm
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Anniversary of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
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Rwy in Sight » Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:28 pm
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Yesterday, was the anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. I understand a lot of the members here were around at the time and maybe...
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The work to re-surface Brize's runway had been ongoing for some time before the invasion. Our day started at 05.30 at the section at Brize ready for...
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Last post by 4mastacker
Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:10 pm
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Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre, Scotland
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CharlieOneSix » Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:24 pm
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I went to get a new set of tyres for my car in Montrose today and just a hundred yards from the tyre fitting place was the Montrose Air Station...
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Thanks for that. A surprisingly good website full of great information. Somewhere to spend several hours next time we're up that way.
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Last post by CremeEgg
Thu Oct 24, 2019 12:48 pm
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Remembering Rorke's Drift
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TheGreenGoblin » Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:25 am
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I visited Rorke's Drift some years back and even there there was a pervasive sense of something, not so much of grandeur, although there was that in...
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For those who find this sort of history interesting and are within striking distance of the venue, David Rattray's protégé and guide at the Rorke's...
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Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:10 pm
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Last post by Slasher
Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:26 am
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1969 : Stolen USAF Herc crashes in English Channel
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by Capetonian » Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:05 am
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In 1969, at the height of the Cold War, a homesick, hungover mechanic in the US Air Force stole a plane from his base in East Anglia and set off for...
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Mrs Ex-A - no, far from being doppelgangers now. I still have a full head of hair!
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:09 pm
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Dakota's over Normandy
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CremeEgg » Mon May 20, 2019 4:29 pm
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Jumped away from my desk hearing that unmistakable throbbing.
N473DC - trundling westwards I presume from Biggin - invasion stripes and all. Maybe...
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Think that it’s appropriate to add this link here.
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Last post by Woody
Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:12 am
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First Flights TV Series...
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Sep 11, 2019 6:04 pm
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I have been re-watching the 1990's aviation TV series entitled First Flights, now available on Amazon Prime, presented by Neil Armstrong.
First...
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Never had the opportunity to see the Shuttleworth Collection.
But I have seen the only Me262 Night fighter in existence. At the Johannesburg Museum...
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Last post by ian16th
Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:10 am
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Lt Jack Reynolds
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om15 » Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:42 pm
Lt Jack Reynolds has died aged 97. Captured at Arnhem he was photographed after capture giving the German photographer a defiant V sign.
Lt Reynolds...
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Last post by om15
Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:42 pm
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Last post by Capetonian
Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:34 am
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Last post by om15
Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:53 am
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25 years ago
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ricardian » Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:46 am
25th anniversary of the RAF Chinook helicopter tragedy.
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Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:46 am
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:41 pm
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D-Day Memorial
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ian16th » Sat Feb 02, 2019 10:12 am
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Until reading this article I didn't realise that here wasn't a 'generic' D-Day memorial for the British Fallen.
Not being an expert on such things,...
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This is a good story from the Daily Mail :
I didn't realise that dogs were parachuted in with their handlers to work as sniffer dogs to detect...
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Last post by Mrs Ex-Ascot
Fri May 31, 2019 7:53 am
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Where did it go?
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ian16th » Mon May 22, 2017 6:38 am
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65 years ago today, on 22nd May 1952, the 16th Entry of Boy Entrants were inducted into the RAF. In my case at RAF Yatesbury.
A motley collection of...
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Now 67 years ago!
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Last post by ian16th
Wed May 22, 2019 9:32 am
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Tanks
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om15 » Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:48 am
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I read The Tank War by Mark Urban earlier this year, the author is a journalist and historian with a special qualification to write this book having...
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I’m going to be watching this parade later :YMAPPLAUSE:
Windsor to Sailsbury Plain, a long gallop for the 'Orses.
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Last post by ian16th
Sat May 18, 2019 9:17 am
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101 not out
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ricardian » Mon Apr 01, 2019 2:17 pm
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101 and counting
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Didn't BOAC and BEA merge into B.A. on April 1st 1974 ? ( memory ? )
and that's no joke !
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Last post by ExSp33db1rd
Thu Apr 04, 2019 12:52 am
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Bye bye Tornado!
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Cacophonix » Wed Feb 20, 2019 7:45 am
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Was listening to AIr Commodore Mark Roberts talking about the history of the Tornado aircraft and previewing the flypasts that will occur over the...
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I have also been in a Hawk shooting down an F-14 (back seat ride at Deci), and I have assorted victories against much more capable fighters with my...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:05 am
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Sheffield Commemorative Fly Past 22 February
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:53 am
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The story behind the fly past is quite amazing. Worth having a look at this BBC clip which includes the story and the fly past. Tony Foulds has...
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My old RAF boss (Peter Maillard) has just posted this on Facebook:
I have the honour to have seen the still smouldering wreckage after school on the...
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Last post by ricardian
Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:33 pm
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Lysander V9441
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ricardian » Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:31 pm
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This request was recently posted on Facebook:
Anyone help this guy please?His email address is kennethjbruce@gmail.com
Bit of a long shot, a wee...
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I could send you a pic, if you like.
This aircraft is really RCAF 1582.
It's civil reg is G-AZWT and it can be found at Old Warden these days, marked...
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Last post by AtomKraft
Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:05 am
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V BOMBER TELESCRAMBLE
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by Sisemen » Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:15 am
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Thought this might be of interest to a few on here. Taken from the RAF Bawtry (HQ 1 Gp) Facebook page.
Recollections from Headquarters 1 Group RAF...
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Alison, at Coningsby I had two trips in the Annie one day. On return before lunch it was easy to find the airfield. In the afternoon it was very hard...
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Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:30 pm
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